From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 11 07:29:10 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 355FA106564A; Tue, 11 Sep 2012 07:29:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from smtp.des.no (smtp.des.no [194.63.250.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E522B8FC14; Tue, 11 Sep 2012 07:29:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ds4.des.no (smtp.des.no [194.63.250.102]) by smtp.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB54D6461; Tue, 11 Sep 2012 09:29:08 +0200 (CEST) Received: by ds4.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 784068AEA; Tue, 11 Sep 2012 09:29:08 +0200 (CEST) From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= To: olli hauer References: <20120908234659.GA10489@server.rulingia.com> <504BD9B5.20001@shatow.net> <504BE020.1070300@FreeBSD.org> <504BE12A.50907@shatow.net> <9A528A3C-40F1-4599-ACAB-EF306033A4F2@bsdimp.com> <86pq5vtj42.fsf@ds4.des.no> <695302366.20120910130736@serebryakov.spb.ru> <504E3B58.5080404@FreeBSD.org> <9710350203.20120911004417@serebryakov.spb.ru> <86vcflsi6d.fsf@ds4.des.no> <504E6E7F.3020007@gmx.de> Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 09:29:07 +0200 In-Reply-To: <504E6E7F.3020007@gmx.de> (olli hauer's message of "Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:49:35 +0200") Message-ID: <868vch81bw.fsf@ds4.des.no> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: arch@freebsd.org, Doug Barton , Lev Serebryakov Subject: Re: Removing CVS from HEAD X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 07:29:10 -0000 olli hauer writes: > Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav writes: > > There is no port for the server, but there is a script you can use > > to set up a local mirror of the official servers: > It's far more easy. > Use one machine as master, only on this machine you will use the command > portsnap fetch. Rsync (or whatever preferred) the directory /var/db/ports= nap > to all machines where you want to have the portstree available, on this > slaves use only the commands portsnap extract/update. Doing this now on a > couple of machines over a view years without any issues. I don't see how that is easier than having a local mirror. It adds an extra step (rsync) which, unlike the simple HTTP requests portsnap uses, requires authentication. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no